Bupa Dental fails to make a profit

The annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2012 for Bupa Dental Service Limited, formerly M Spencer Swaine Limited, showed no...

Commissioning support unit initiative

A new website aims to make connections with healthcare commissioners and providers and local authorities and highlights the help available to save money as...

Circle won’t benefit from Hinchingbrooke loan

Circle Healthcare, the private hospital provider, which runs Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust, has denied that it will receive any benefit if the Trust is...

Circle won’t benefit from Hinchingbrooke loan

Circle Healthcare, the private hospital provider, which runs Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust, has denied that it will receive any benefit if the Trust is granted a £3.5m working capital loan from the Department of Health. A spokesman explained that the money would go directly to the Trust to refurbish its critical care facilities and would be ring-fenced and not for the benefit of Circle’. He explained: This refurbishment was a long-standing plan from before Circle took over the franchise. Hospitals across the country apply for similar capital funding on similar terms every year and this is no different.’

NHS hospitals expand private patient options

NHS hospital trusts in England are increasingly turning to income from private patients to generate additional funding, as cost pressures tighten restrictions on some...

Bupa opens London health centre

Bupa has opened a health centre on Basinghall Street, in the heart of the City of London. The centre specialises in musculoskeletal conditions, cardiology...

HCA to branch out up North

HCA, the private hospital provider, is set to build a multi-million pound hospital in Wilmslow, Cheshire.A spokesman confirmed that it is ‘in the process...

CRG awarded framework agreement

Recruitment and health service provider, Castlerock Recruitment Group (CRG), has been appointed onto a national framework agreement by the Government Procurement Service (GPS) for...

Divestment threat hangs over hospital groups

The Competition Commission’s preliminary findings into the private healthcare market found last month that the market is unfair with private hospitals wielding power over...

PHP continues on acquisition trail

Primary Health Properties, the UK investor in modern primary healthcare facilities, has acquired three modern, purpose built medical centres for a total consideration of...